Set in El Salvador, this vibrant and powerful novel unfolds the story of three generations of women from two families, whose fates become intertwined.
Though unequal in wealth and status, heartbreak and happiness befall them alike as they fall in and out of love, marry, work and bear children. Throughout, their private dramas are inextricably bound up in their country's turbulent politics, which culminate in the anarchy of the 1970s and in an act of treachery that finally rips the families apart.
Written with pace, clarity and a strong, compelling narrative, this beautiful story unfolds with a tragic inevitability in a book that is hard to put down.
